Hold'em table

Ks2d is a weak hand and we are in position as the button, but folding avoids investing chips with a poor holding and no blind posted.

A9o is a strong hand heads-up from the small blind after the button folded. Raising to 3bb for value and to take the initiative is better than limping or folding.

2-5 offsuit is a weak hand facing a raise; folding is correct to avoid investing more chips with poor equity.

T5 offsuit is a weak hand; with two players left to act behind and a call needed, folding avoids a marginal spot out of position postflop against the blinds' ranges.

Heads-up pot with a weak suited hand; cheap call to see a flop rather than investing more or folding for just 50 extra chips.

T3o is a weak hand, and I'm out of position postflop; checking lets me see a free flop and avoid bloating the pot.

No pair or strong draw (just backdoor flush), checking to control pot size against two opponents.

I have ten-high with no draw on a dry board; checking keeps the pot small and gives me a chance to improve on the turn for free.

No pair or made draw (only one diamond, no single-card straight draw), so checking for free with weak hand.

Bluffing with no showdown value, small bet to steal the pot from a passive opponent who has checked twice.

No pair, no draw, and facing a bet with weak holdings; folding is cheap and correct.

Button raise with a decent suited-connector-type hand (98o) to build the pot and take initiative against two blinds in a short-handed game.

98o is a marginal hand but I'm getting over 2:1 pot odds to call from the small blind. I can see a flop and evaluate, folding if I miss.

Getting 3.5-to-1 pot odds (200 to call into 700) with a suited-ish connected 7-9 offsuit hand in the big blind; it's marginal but playable multiway, and a 3-bet bluff isn't warranted.

I have a gutshot straight draw with 9h8c on Ts5dQs, no flush draw, and I'm out of position against two opponents. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see how the preflop raiser reacts.

With 7c9d on a Ts 5d Qs board I have only a gutshot-type draw (no pair, no flush draw) in a three-way pot, so I take the free card instead of bluffing into two opponents.

Both opponents checked indicating weakness; I have a gutshot straight draw (need a jack) plus backdoor flush potential, so a small continuation bet has good fold equity in this multiway pot.

With 9h8c on Ts5dQs, I have only a gutshot straight draw (four Jacks) against a 450 bet into 1350, offering poor pot odds. I am out of position and unlikely to improve, so folding is the disciplined choice.

7c9d on a Ts 5d Qs board has only a backdoor straight draw and no real pair. Calling 450 into a 1350 pot needs about 25% equity, and the button's c-bet range is strong enough that I don't have it. Folding is simplest.

Q4o is a very weak hand; even on the button, calling or raising risks chips against likely better hands from the blinds. Folding preserves my stack for better spots.

Q8o in the small blind, getting 3:1 pot odds heads-up against a big blind that could hold any two cards, so completing for 50 is clearly profitable, though the hand is not strong enough to raise.

T7o offsuit is weak; checking the big blind for free is best since there's no bet to call.

Top pair (queen) with a weak kicker on a two-spade board, heads-up in a limped pot. A small bet of 100 gets value from worse queens and jacks and draws, and denies equity to overcards and flush draws.

Ten-high with no pair or draw on a Q-J-4 board facing a bet; not worth continuing.

Q9 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed pot is marginal and easily dominated. Calling 100 into a 150 pot is not obviously bad, but with two players left to act behind me and bad postflop prospects, folding is the simpler choice.

Pocket nines is a strong hand heads-up against just the big blind after button folded; raising builds the pot and isolates.

We have position on the small blind and QTo has decent equity against a wide SB raising range; calling 250 into 450 offers nearly 2:1 pot odds.

My 99 missed this AKJ board completely, so I'll check to control the pot and avoid building it with a non-made hand.

I flopped the nut straight and want to build the pot while charging any pairs or draws; a roughly two-thirds pot bet may get called by a decent portion of the raiser's range.

I hold 99 with no pair on an A-K-J board; facing a sizeable bet after I checked, my hand has poor equity against a range heavy with top pair or better, so folding is correct.

T9o is playable on the button in a 3-handed pot; raising applies pressure and builds position advantage.

72o is a very weak hand out of position against a button raise, and calling 250 more with the big blind still to act is unprofitable.

AQo in the big blind facing a 3x button open is strong in 3-handed play. A 3-bet to 1000 gets value from worse aces and takes the initiative, and I can handle a 4-bet.

T9o facing a 3bet re-raise to 10x is too weak to continue profitably out of position equity-wise against a tight re-raiser.